Zamfara: Bandits Attack Police Station, Kill Mobile Policeman, Local Vigilante
In the early hours of Friday, suspected bandits assaulted Nahuche district in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
A mobile police officer and a local vigilante leader, according to an eyewitness, Malan Abubakar, were among those killed.
During the operation, the bandits kidnapped two ladies and two males, he said.
The robbers first raided a neighbouring Nahuche community named Gidan Jan Bula, according to Malan Abubakar, and used motorcycles to assassinate the village’s vigilante leader after he fought them.
“They also whisked away my wife and moved her for captivity,” he said.
He said that the bandits later attacked Nahuche police station where they engaged mobile policemen in a gun duel, during which an officer was killed.
Abubakar added that the bandits later moved to invade the house of Alhaji Makwashe Nhuche, a businessman, saying that the bandits abducted two other persons including a woman.
According to him, the bandits stormed the area at about 3:00am on Friday and left after 4:00am.
When conacted for confirmation, the Zamfara State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Muhammad, could not be reached for comment as his phones were switched off.
Our correspondent reports that the command usually snubs calls from newsmen to confirm bandits’ attacks.
